State lawmakers approved new funding for public transportation agencies without large statewide tax increases previously ...

Chicago has a number of towering timekeepers, some of them works of art, some of them landmarks, and all of them a reminder ...

The filibuster is a longstanding parliamentary tool that halts action on most bills unless 60 senators in the 100-member ...

The program serves about one in eight Americans and is a major piece of the nation’s social safety net. Word in October that ...

From the public health perspective, it is about protecting the children and protecting adults who don’t really know what is ...

Doctors prescribe prazosin, which relaxes blood vessels, to help lower blood pressure. It also is sometimes prescribed for ...

Kat Abughazaleh, who is running to represent Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, and Catherine “Cat” Sharp, who is running ...

Community groups and neighbors are coming together to help children and families feel safe during Halloween celebrations, ...

U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis ordered Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino to appear in her courtroom at the Dirksen ...

Ruben Torres Maldonado, who was detained by immigration agents earlier this month and whose teenage daughter is fighting ...

You are not going to make everyone drop dead because it’s a political game someplace,” U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani ...

A recently released agreement gives the Department of Homeland Security access to hundreds of millions of Americans’ Social ...